Tofu, soy milk & fresh soy products

Beyond tofu pudding already covered in our hot pot & dessert guide, fresh soy products form a genuine everyday category of their own — a handful of shops still make tofu and soy milk fresh daily rather than sourcing it pre-packaged.

Fresh tofu shops

Small, often family-run shops producing tofu on-site sell it within hours of being made — noticeably softer and more delicately flavoured than the firmer, longer-shelf-life tofu found in supermarkets, worth seeking out specifically for the difference.

Soy milk

Fresh soy milk, served warm or cold, sweetened or plain, is sold alongside tofu at many of the same shops — a simple, genuinely different product from the shelf-stable boxed soy milk most visitors know from supermarkets abroad.

Tofu skin (fu pei)

The skin that forms on top of heated soy milk is skimmed off and used fresh or dried as its own ingredient, appearing in dishes across the site's Food department — including as a wrapper in some dim sum and as an ingredient in jai (see our jai guide).

Where to look

Older neighbourhoods like Sham Shui Po and parts of Kowloon retain a handful of long-running fresh tofu shops — a good, inexpensive stop while exploring rather than a destination requiring a special trip on its own.